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What about the fragility of the screen of Nook ST?
Is it just as fragile as the screen of Nook Glo then? Or do you mean the fragility of the light distributing layer of Glo? I'm seriously thinking about getting an ST or two. Because of the current anti-progress in e-reader development, it is becoming relatively better and better (PROS: buttons, SD card, rootable, no stupid light). And cheaper too. |
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The original Glowlight had an issue that it could develop holes in the light layer after normal use so some people refer to it as being fragile since they say it wasn't roughly used. Mine is over a year old and never had that problem. I assume that's why B&N made a point of addressing durability on their product page.
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Thank you Bookworm_Girl. I'll definiltey check it out ASAP, especially with my birthday coming soon, hihi...
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Thanks for the answers Bookworm_Girl. I haven't sideloaded yet and I couldn't answer the third question either. I've just been using it to read the B&N books I have backlogged. I have however used the dictionary so that was the only question I could answer.
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I have lots of books that I've purchased from Sony and Kobo and other stores so I have to sideload.
P.S. I like your device description, kikar. "Too many eReaders, One annoyed wife." I think many of us on this forum can relate! |
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Bookworm_Girl,
some more questions: 1. Is it possible to use landscape orientation while reading epubs? 2. If so, what are the widest margins you can set in landscape orientation? Can you have about 1 cm on both sides so that the width of text itself in landscape is no more than 10 cm? 3. Is Amasis font available? Or are you allowed to add your own fonts? 4. Can you access and copy to the PC the books you bought/downloaded from B&N? From that special partition? Probably not? |
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No, I don't think there is a landscape mode on either the old or new Nooks.
Yes, it has Amasis in addition to Georgia and Malabar for the serif fonts. No, you can't add your own fonts. You would have to embed the fonts into your own EPUB file and sideload. They don't allow the B&N partition to be visible. You can see the partition for your side loaded books in a folder view. However, you can download your books from the B&N website (US accounts) to your PC. I do that to have a copy of all books for backup. One nice feature is that you can add your own pictures for screensavers. |
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Thanks. Good to know. I read on 6" only in landscape, but with pretty wide margins.
Easy with Cool Reader on a rooted T2 (or Nook ST). Bookworm_Girl, do you have a Nook ST? How does its screen compare to T2? Contrast and whiteness? |
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Yes, I have both the old STR and the old Glowlight in addition to the new Nook. I posted comparison photos in the thread about the new Nook in the News forum (posts #179 & 180 - sorry, too difficult to link to them using my phone).
I would say the new Nook looks very similar to the T2. I like the T2 better because it has many more features in the software but sadly it doesn't have a built-in light. Also Sony did a great job of the font rendering to make up for the lower resolution screen. Sony also has an option to refresh every page. The Nook looks very white when you turn the light on while reading in the daylight. |
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I am interested only in the old non-glowing Nook ST. And how it compares to T2, because I have T2. Actually, three of them because I love them so much.
Nook ST now is very cheap and could be very useful for experimenting with software because it is impossible to brick it. |
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I am using Cool Reader, builds made by jotas.
He makes builds both for T1/T2 and separately for Nook. So in his CR settings there are several refresh modes, probably you can force Nook to refresh every page. Here: E-Ink update mode: - Quality - Fast 1 - Fast 2 E-Ink full update interval: - here you can choose 3-200. But in "Quality" mode full refresh is done for each page turn. At least on T2. http://www.lectoreselectronicos.com/...k-Touch-(jotas) for T1/T2: cr3.0.57-15-39-jotas.apk for Nook: cr3.0.57-15-39-nook-jotas.apk |
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